Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-11


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THE FRENCH CUP.-The Richmond Boat
Club is still not willing that the Old Do
minion Club OF this city shall have the
French cup, which the latter won at the
regatta last Monday, as will be seen by the
following from the Dispatch of yesterday
From the reports III several papers
said Mr. Randolph Peyton captain OF the
Virginia Boat Club crew, which took part
in the regatta at Alexandria on the Fourth,
to q Dispatch representative, 1T appears
that our crew was defeated, but when the
case is properly explained 1t appears IN
very different light. When the meeting OF
the Virginia Rowing Association was held
in Richmond some months ago to decide on
the place for holding the regatta Alexandra
had q delegate present, and he stated that
Alexandria had three courses, and no mat.
would give smooth course to row this
race. Trusting to his promises, the assocl-
alton decided to go to Alexandria. The
Virginia crew left here on Friday, the
lst. in time to pull! that evening and they did
not ind the water over the course the
committee had selected in condition to
row their boat from Friday until they left,
but once. On the day of the race |, as cap
tain of the Virginia crew, SAW the chairman
of the regatta committee and asked him If he
could not take another course that was
thought to be better than the one
they had selected. | received 8 re-
DIV stating that the Alexandria crew
had been pulling for the last two years I'm.
der disadvantages and they 1.-THE committee
from the Alexandria club intended to give
them all the advantage it was possible IN
his race. After that reply /, knowing our
toAt could not be rowed in such rough wa
ter, wrote the following protest: THE Vir-
GINA Boat Club do hereby protest against
pulling in the gig race of the State
Association and the outsiders race
on the grounds that the course IL in no
lit condition to launch boat or TO test
;he merits of the different crews "
The protest WAS served on the proper
parties 10 the proper forms, one of which
else the protest would amount 10 nothing.
We made the attempt to 60 from tho boat
house, which was mile and a half from the
starting point, but before we had gone one
third Of the way we had to make into land
and put our men out in water about four
feet deep and empty the water out the boat,
which was then up to the seats. Before
getting to the starting point we had to stop
and bail out the water again, and the same
thing WAS done after reaching the point, max
ing three stops in mile and bali, while
the crew had been simply padding down the
stream. This protest will have to be brought be-
fore the Virginia Association to be acted on be-
fore tho race can be decided i'll favor OF the Alex
apdria club who now claim it. In the meanwhile
The cup is in the hands of the president of the as
socation, who took charge of it when the Virgin
is Club-whO had held 1t for two years-SaVe IL
nm Every one who knows anything about row.
ing knows that boat that would I'LL so quickly
NOV ng slowly would not 20 very lar under Il
racing stroke yet i'll the face of all these dlsad.
vautsp es te crew tried to start in the race. and
ON the bird or fourth stroke the No | and No.
outrigge,- ) were driven into the water TO such
dentb tina the men could not handle their oars,
and il was with difficulty that they could clear
them at ALL although they were manned by the
Two best meu. 1t was from this cause that one OF
the Washing tOn papers seems to think THIS crew
was carving 81 passenger in one OF Its OARS
men but il 1hey had been on smooth water
this reporter could have been taken in the
Virgnias boat as passenger ana theh sRe
crew would have given him the pleasure OF
viewing the pass spgers in some other boats that
are claiming honOrs at the expense Of the Virginia
crew, when this crew WAS virtually not in the
race. The Virginia Boat Club woud have been
at fault had they taken their present boat, inc
C;eorqine to Old Poiut or Norfolk, knowing they
would have to pull on very rough water; but after
getting the regatta at Alexandria on the promise
of smooth water the club Is certainly not to be
blamed for not having the proper boat. The boats
used by the Alexandria and Petersburg crews
were from four to six inches broader ana several
inches deeper than the boat used by the Vir-
giniss."